Re: Installing Boost (WAS: Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-01 16:54:54

At 11:10 AM 2/28/2002, Rene Rivera wrote:

 >>> This is probably a naive view, but shouldn't Boost install do
 >>whatever is
 >>> necessary to make it look like Boost is part of the compiler
 >>supplied
 >>> object library set?  (Even better if it can also make the Boost
 >>headers
 >>> look like they were part of the compiler supplied header set.)
 >>>
 >>> --Beman
 >>
 >>  Colocating Boost libraries with compiler-supplied libraries (and
 >>colocating Boost headers with compiler-supplied headers) would be
 >>problematic.
 >
 >[snip]
 >
 >I agree, it causes more problems than it solves.

I guess I wasn't clear.  I wasn't suggesting colocation.  By "make it look 
like" I was suggesting an "as if" approach.  Where the files live doesn't 
matter.

Now it may be the only way to achieve that for some compilers is 
colocation, but I was assuming that for most compilers there is some what 
to tell them "always look here for files, as well as looking in the 
compiler's own directories."

--Beman